Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Cinema inferno: celluloid explosions from the cultural margins/ edited by Robert G. Weiner and John Cline

Contributor(s): Weiner, Robert G., ed | Cline, John, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 2010Description: xxiv, 396 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780810876569Subject(s): Violence in motion pictures | ThrillersDDC classification: 791.436164

Contents:

Introduction / by Robert G. Weiner and John Cline -- Realism(s). The neorealist transgressions of Pier Paolo Pasolini / Bill Landis -- From Chicago to Watts by way of Paris and Hollywood : art-film influence on Melvin Van Peebles' early features / Jonathan Hartmann -- At the heart of the heart of the world : Guy Maddin in the 21st century / John Bloomfield -- Italian Horror/Gialli. Menopausal monsters and sexual transgression in Argento's art horror / Donna de Ville -- "The more you rape their senses, the happier they are" : a history of Cannibal holocaust / Andy DeVos -- A postcard from the grindhouse : exotic landscapes and Italian holidays in Lucio Fulci's Zombie and Sergio Martino's Torso / Stefano Baschiera and Francesco Di Chiara -- "Body in a bed, body growing dead" : uncanny women in Joe D'Amato's Italian exploitation cinema / Xavier Mendik -- New York state of mind. Bernie's "deathwish": history and transgression in New York City / John Cline -- Troma entertainment: the boobs, blood, and brains of reel independence / Rebekah McKendry -- Exploitation films and success : the half-told melodramas of Andy Milligan / Kevin John Bozelka -- Extreme European cinema. B is for bile, blood and bones : on corporeal bodies in the films of Peter Greenaway / Eric Levy -- The films of the Vienna Action Group / Stephen Barber -- Reveries of blood and sand : the cinema of Jean Rollin / Gerard Dapena -- A shadow poet : Michael Haneke / David Sterritt -- Culture at the margins. Through the looking glass darkly : considering theories of Nazi film and concepts of transgression / Lynne Fallwell -- Christian scare films : the unlikely pairing of director Ron Ormond and preacher Estus Pirkle / Jim Ridley -- Stray cat rock : the politics of Nikkatsu's "bad youth" movies of 1970 / David Hopkins -- Contemporary film. Flirting with subversion : mainstream filmmaking, transgression, and the case of Joel Schumacher's 8MM / Steffen Hantke -- Hated : GG Allin & the Murder junkies, Scum rock, and the unlikely career of Todd Phillips / Johannes Schonherr -- Cinema of regression : Grindhouse (2007) and the limits of the spectatorial imaginary / David Lerner.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 1 )
Comments ( 0 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	791.436164 WEI/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P10873

Total holds: 0

Introduction / by Robert G. Weiner and John Cline --
Realism(s). The neorealist transgressions of Pier Paolo Pasolini / Bill Landis --
From Chicago to Watts by way of Paris and Hollywood : art-film influence on Melvin Van Peebles' early features / Jonathan Hartmann --
At the heart of the heart of the world : Guy Maddin in the 21st century / John Bloomfield --
Italian Horror/Gialli. Menopausal monsters and sexual transgression in Argento's art horror / Donna de Ville --
"The more you rape their senses, the happier they are" : a history of Cannibal holocaust / Andy DeVos --
A postcard from the grindhouse : exotic landscapes and Italian holidays in Lucio Fulci's Zombie and Sergio Martino's Torso / Stefano Baschiera and Francesco Di Chiara --
"Body in a bed, body growing dead" : uncanny women in Joe D'Amato's Italian exploitation cinema / Xavier Mendik --
New York state of mind. Bernie's "deathwish": history and transgression in New York City / John Cline --
Troma entertainment: the boobs, blood, and brains of reel independence / Rebekah McKendry --
Exploitation films and success : the half-told melodramas of Andy Milligan / Kevin John Bozelka --
Extreme European cinema. B is for bile, blood and bones : on corporeal bodies in the films of Peter Greenaway / Eric Levy --
The films of the Vienna Action Group / Stephen Barber --
Reveries of blood and sand : the cinema of Jean Rollin / Gerard Dapena --
A shadow poet : Michael Haneke / David Sterritt --
Culture at the margins. Through the looking glass darkly : considering theories of Nazi film and concepts of transgression / Lynne Fallwell --
Christian scare films : the unlikely pairing of director Ron Ormond and preacher Estus Pirkle / Jim Ridley --
Stray cat rock : the politics of Nikkatsu's "bad youth" movies of 1970 / David Hopkins --
Contemporary film. Flirting with subversion : mainstream filmmaking, transgression, and the case of Joel Schumacher's 8MM / Steffen Hantke --
Hated : GG Allin & the Murder junkies, Scum rock, and the unlikely career of Todd Phillips / Johannes Schonherr --
Cinema of regression : Grindhouse (2007) and the limits of the spectatorial imaginary / David Lerner.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.